#42BFCE#42BFCE

#42BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFCE
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -29.13, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 34.02, 211.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0977 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.109 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0134, 42.8724, 64.9686)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFCE #CE5142

analogous

#42CE97 #42BFCE #4279CE

triadic

#42BFCE #CE42BF #BFCE42

tetradic

#42BFCE #9742CE #CE5142 #79CE42

square

#42BFCE #9742CE #CE5142 #79CE42

split-complementary

#42BFCE #CE4279 #CE9742

monochromatic

#1F6D77 #2B9AA7 #42BFCE #73CFDB #A3E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFCE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFCE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#42bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfce;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7428,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFCE

secondary

#D49E98

accent

#5746E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFCE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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